New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-08

little from 80 There is an abundance of wood and water
on the plateaus The people are honest They are
hafbrocds of Indian and Castlian blood and are good
workers, good as any white man. 1 was the first
North American to 20 into that country to live and
there very few persons from North America there
now The people live by planting aud grazing They
raise rice, corn, beans and sugar. They live very
simply. The grazing lands are covered by enormous
bands Of cattle. One family near my mine has between
10000 and 900 head OF CATTLE and numbers Of others
have from 5000 to 6000 head 1t looks to me as though
large amount capital will eventually go into this
country TO develop it, the laws with reference TO
mining and acquiring property very liberal and the
people are very anxious to have foreigners come In
there to develop it."
At the opening OF the Dog Show in Madison Square
Garden, Colonel Ochitree, fiery headed and bandly
sarcastic, was in his element 81 like dogs, said he
Inc moro know men, the better ike dogs
Workers in the towering TRIBUNE Building look down
five or six stories to the roof of an unpretentous
structure the southeast OF Spruce and Nassau
$751; IN which the famous American Tract Society has It's
Offices. The property of the American Tract Society is
worth probably half million dollars. II had curious
beginning growth. years phanthropstin-
teresed in the work of the society," and wishing to give 1t
permanent home for its offices and work OF publication,
left $4,000 by will to be used for that purpose. The
officers Of the society with this OF money bought
part of their present property and occupying such parts
needed for their work. rented the stores and
h Ocss 80 lnat sinking iu MAS sb or four other
buildings and accumulated their present possslons III
ing more valuable every year asked Mr. Kingsbury,
the ayhared treasurer Of the Tract Society the other
and drew out the facts ms have related He said 1t
not tho policy of the society to erect large structure
but he presumed some day or other the proposition
might be made to then to buy their property for that
purpose, in which event it might be entertained.
Owners OF fiat houses lead by no means happy life
r. H. Tracy who has number of such properties says:
Experience has taught me that man who puts his
money in fats fool II constant round of quar-
rcls with the tenants. The comparatively short time
that tenants remain In fiat leaves them without any
feeling OF regard for the property itself They do not
care how much they injure, damage or deface the
apartment In what condition they leave It, They VIII
move into newly decorated fiat merely to get nd OF
cleaning an old The landlord ia at constant ex.
pcnsc for repairs which eat up the profits tenants OF
Hats have no feeling for the accommodation on 9acn
paper the four apartments in one OF my buulhgs
recently the four tenants all wanted the paperhanger at
the same day and at the hour and Thought they
would worry me death before got the job completed
have made up my mind to set out OF the business al
once.
In tho Presidential campaign Of 1884 an illustrated
weekly paper OF the order OF HUpers Weekly was
started under the auspices Of the National Republican
Committee II known rs MloSeys Weekly Inc
been engaged in the publication Of an illustrated Journal
for youth known The Golden ArGosy. 1t was his
intention 10 continue the publication, but the plan faed
through lack OF necessary capital. Mr. Munsey Is man
of perhaps thrtyvc years OF age, with long face OF
the Scotch type prominent anG large light brown
mustache Meeting him the other day fell to talking
with him about the publication OF story papers loI UNI
drcn, when he told me that lhere are nan uoAG s'o
publications. including his own which have attained =
rrcul1on I'm the mel ghborhood OF 100000 With all OF
them there Is constant effort 10 get some DIG Ie.ro
a tvin riy he
then rejoicing I'm the fact that ne had Just made con
tract for story from T.. r. Barnum. the publication OF
which is % be begun In snort ume'
| wandered into the great Lincoln Safe Deposit
vaults and storage warehouse in Forty secondst oppo
site the Grand Central Depot the other day. IL was
built by Yanderbits money, Is the leading banking IN
stuon OF the NewYork Central Railroad, ana Is pre-
sided over by Thomas L. James who was Postmaster OF
Ncw-York and Genera under President Car
field and whose sonnaw Mr.. Pearson Is present Post
muster OF this city IL soon after the lst OF May
and the storage department was scene OF Widest con
fusion and chaos to an outsider although was told that
the initiated and the trained workmcn were perfectly at
home Dir James at his desk but came out To greet
me and show a couple OF pieces OF bronze sthtuay
that have been thrown into his keeping They nave Dee
placed in the offices by way OF adornment one OIL
them is life size representation Of an Italian peasant
Crpe guthercr who Is seated on AN old stump WIN
wine kcg raised high above his hed 80 INA, NJ l'iJ
drink from IT, shaggy dog IL nj MS sdc puncn oi
grapes and scke-shapcd knife a his rect u. IL ono W
the best works of Barthodi, the French sculptor iue
in 1869. and belongs To the widow OF
nsOn, who has recently broken up hcr %
here and sent her furniture 10 the WAREHOUSES me
other statue has history. w5 .oSo r N
before his downfall. II is by WOgcsang Used ana Is
the figure Of an Arab chief on horseb9ck re aS XII.
his three hunting dogs run down an sd tsSI WIFI
had carried OF lamb from his n0ckN me ciel nS III =
lamb ON his pommel and IS holding tne Scr at hs
head high his arm while he looks trinmphanty a. h'
trophy. The dogs meanwhile are rending the carcass